I
saw a sign in front of a church the other day. The implication was poignant and
right on. “When your dreams turn to dust…Vacuum.”
I’ve heard numerous counseling clients
say: “It just seems like my dreams have been squashed,” or “The biggest,
‘bestest’ dream I ever had has just gone up in smoke.”
Dreams fade and wither due to any number of
circumstances. Sometimes circumstances beyond our control interfere, sometimes
we don’t cooperate with God at a high enough level to see our dreams fulfilled,
sometimes known sin interjects itself, and sometimes God answers “No” or “Wait.”
I often talk to my clients about “Dreaming
New Dreams.” There are dreams that can never be recaptured. There are dreams
that, the season now having passed, can never be rescheduled. There are those
dreams that were “ill-drempt” and were never meant to occur in the first place.
There are wonderful people who are so hurt
and so stymied, that when their dreams vanish, they blame themselves, or others
or God, or all of the above. Their concept of God is diminished, and their
vision fades to black.
There is only one answer in such a case;
(here it comes again)… Dream New Dreams. God is more determined than you are to
work out His Will in you.
What dreams are you dreaming?
By William McDonald, PhD. Excerpt from "Unconventional Devotions" Copyright 2005
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